Now That’s What I Call Weekender, Vol. 26

Choice nuggets that, of course, will thrill you enough to read the section cover-to-cover tomorrow or look up every story in it online today (Weekender copy is posted Thursday morning).

Quotes

• “I’m really looking forward to meeting (Rob) Zombie. I’m a horror-movie buff. I’d love to have just an hour to pick his brain about his movies. I’d love at some point on the tour to just chill out and talk about gore.” — Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin, whose band and Zombie will play the Verizon on Saturday.

• “I came up playing standards and be-bop. John felt he wanted to stretch out into the avant-garde. He was moving into a very personal area and he alienated the be-bop audience. I followed him when he took his plunge, but I didn’t want to do that on every song.” — Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, on why he left John Coltrane’s band in the ’60s. Tyner will be at Laurie Auditorium on Saturday.

• “I think the impetus for starting the band was going to see the Sex Pistols. I’d been a huge music fan for years but I didn’t know how people got to where they could start a band. So I stole some gear and started a band.” — Psychedelic Furs’ front man Richard Butler. The Furs and Devo play Sunken Garden on Friday.

• “I never had an El Camino. If we just write about ourselves, it’d be an awfully short career.” — Pat Green, on the line “Let’s jump in my El Camino” from “Feels Just Like It Should,” a song from his new CD “Cannonball.” He plays River Road Ice House on Friday.

Coincidence Dept.

On Friday, the day that Devo is in town, the film “How to Eat Fried Worms” opens featuring music from band members Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh.

Band names

• The Tony Danza Tapdance Experience, Monday at the Sanctuary

• Long Duk and the Dongs, Wednesday at Club Rive

Gift ideas

Available on the Devo Web site (find it here) — a yellow-radiation-suited action figure, complete with interchangeable heads for each band member, plus energy dome and whip. A bargain at $11.99!